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r'jpsiw* , w""u' i'k? L' ' A y"? :? > ;f Srrorfi Warren Seeks To Be One Of Five The Warren County Com missioners, at their regular meeting here last Thursday, ap proved the entry of Warren as one of five counties in a regional group to handle, anum ber of common problems. Action of the board was taken after Frank Reams, Industrial Director, reported that he had appeared with representatives of five counties in the area be fore the State Planning Board in Raleigh fhe previous day and requested that they be grouped together in considera tion of services by the board for industrial and other de velopments. Counties Involved are Vance, Franklin, Warren, Granville and Person. The State Planning Board was told that the area has common Interests and logi cally fall together in develop ment efforts. Representatives of city and county governments in the five counties made the appeal at the hearing before Chairman Ron Scott. Emphasis was placed on highway, airport, government and legislative representation. Scott reportedly promised some decision later this month as to the grouping. A preliminary arrangement of counties had the group align ed with some of the larger cities and counties, a status which it was said the group wished to avoid in the feeling that local interests could be better served under the plan proposed. The Warren Commission ers In approving the align ment of the five counties, said that they felt that Warren would be at a disadvantage if aligned with larger counties such as Wake, Durham and Orange. WINS AWARD Major R. Wynn, N. c. State Motor Club representative In Warren County, won two of the company's top annual awards for outstanding performance during 1969, the Merit Award and a cash award for fourth place in his membership cate gory. Cooper Announces For House Of Representatives HENDERSON-J. C. (Jimmy) Cooper, Jr., of Henderson has announced as a candidate for the State House of Representatives In the district composed of Vance, Franklin and Warren Counties, subject to the will of the voters In the Democratic Primary of May 1. Ha was the first person to officially enter for the nomination. Cooper has announced for Seat No. 2, vacated by John T. Church who has announced that he would be a candidate from the district compo?d of Vance, FraiucUn and Granville Counties. The three counties are represented by two mem bers of the House. James D. Speed of Loulsburg, veteran of four terms in the House, Is expected to be a ca dldate again this year. Wheth er there would be a candidate from Warren County has not been learned, though no noun cement from that area has been made. In stating his candidacy, Cooper said he "had no poli tical axes to grind and repre sents no special Interests, bat will work for the benefit of all our citizen* to curb Inflation and rising prices and to < serve and develop our reaoaroes for benefit of i ves, oar children and gri Cooper, 50, a is a gri COM tor for Vance County, and laUr tu prosecuting attorney in the former recorder's court, now the district court. He was pre via* nt of tlM Henderson Exe cutives Club and former com mander of Henderson Post Mo. AO of the American legion. He is a member ot the Veterans of Foreign Wars and member ot the rirst-Presbyterian Church. ing Ms announcement, Cooper said ha had "always to serve la the Lsgtala ind sincerely hopes the Will give me this oppor tunity in 1911." He said he be !to?es his training me for this offioe " vJ 'XL Eagle Scout Frank Wills Hunter Is shown with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. Edward Hunter, during a Court of Honor held at Wesley Memorial Church on Sunday morning. At right Is Sears Bugg, award bearer. Hunter Receives Eagle Scout Award Frank Wills Hunter, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. Edward Hunter of Warrenton, received the Eagle Scout Award at a Court of Honor at the 11 o'clock worship service at Wesley Memorial United Methodist Church on Sunday morning. William K. Delbrldge, Ad vancement Chairman of the Moratoc District of the Occo neeche Council, Boy Scouts of America, was chairman of the Court of Honor. Dr. S. H. Massey, Jr., co-chairman of the Moratoc District, gave the charge to Scout Hunter. The following Scouts of Troop 617 participated In the ceremony: Smitty Bugg and Walter Gard ner, Jr., award bearers; Sears Bugg and Robert Thompson, ushers; Billy Watson and Jay Williams, flag bearers. Scout Hunte r be c artie a me m - ber of Troop 617 on Oct. 1, 1965. In order to obtain the rank of Eagle he completed the ranks of Tenderfoot, Sec ond Class, First Class, Star and Life. He completed the require ments for 21 merit badges. Frank has served as Quarter master and Patrol Leader of Troop 617. W. Monroe Gardner Is Scout master and Tom Watson Is As sistant Scoutmaster of Troop 617. Thurman Batten of Kenly, former Scoutmaster, returned to Warrenton and participated in the Court of Honor. Har vey Hendley of Henderson, District Scout Executive, Scouts from Troop 617 and Cubs from Pack 671 also attended the Court of honor. Jaycee Delegation Tells Board It Favors Extension Of Town Limits Members of Warren County Junior Chamber of Commerce favor extension of the town limits and a delegation from the chamber appeared before the commissioners on Mon day night to make views known. Roy Pat Robertson, chair mar. of the civic improvement com mittee, acted as spokesman for the group. He said that while the club believes that it Is Im perative for the limits to be extended If the town is to grow and provide a future for their children here, the chamber wanted to discuss the matter with the commissioners before taking extension of the town limits as a project. Robertson said the chamber wanted to know what sections of the town could be ex tended without undue cost to the town, and whether it would be the best plan to extend the limits piecemeal or as an en tirety. He said the chamber is anxious to be of any assist ance possible to the commis sioners In their plans for town growth. Various members of the dele gation of around a dozen added their views to those of Robert son. Mayor Miles told the dele gation that a committee is now studying the matter of town extensions as the board realiz ed that some extension is need ed. He thanked the delegation for their interest and promis ed to keep the Jaycees inform ed of the town's plans for ex tension. Bobby Allen, Jaycee presi dent, thanked the commission ers for the reception given the delegation and for the informa tion supplied to them. Prior to the appearance of Frank Reams to discuss water matters and the Jaycee delega tion, Fred Hurst appeared be fore the board to' ask an In vestigation of his water bill at the newly established car wash on Macon Street. He said that the amount of water charged to the car wash was greatly In excess of the amount of water that could pass through the nozzles, accordlngtoequlpment suppliers. He said that he was not complaining-, but would like to have the town check on this matter. The board agreed. The commissioners adopted an ordinance changing the speed limit on West Franklin Street from 25 miles per hour to 35 mph. A copy of the ordinance must be posted and a copy sent to the State Highway Commis sion for approval before any change in the speed limits can be made. Dallas Bolton, an employee of the Warrenton Water Com pany for a number of years, resigned the latter part of Jan uary to accept a position with the State Highway Commission. The commissioners voted Mon day night that Ntles Serls be offered a position with the Water Company. The board agreed to place a sign at the entrance of Mrs. Barker Williams's housing de velopment off Bragg Street showing that the street leading to the property is a dead-end street. Six Charged With Thefts From Autos In Warren Five adults and one Juvenile have been charged with break ing and entering and larceny and five adults have been charg ed with receiving stolen goods following months of Investiga tion at a ring of thieves by War ren Deputy Sheriff Dorsey Capps and Warrenton Police Officer Freddie Robertson. Stolen from automobiles since last fall by thieves oper ating in Warren and Vance Counties have been tape play ers, tapes, wheels, tires and batteries. Charged with breaking and entering and larceny are one Juvenile, whose name is with held, and George Basket, James Basket put Melton Harris. Clif ton Southerland is charged only with larceny. Charged with receiving are Barrel Jones, Thomas Currln, Clyde Fields, Herman Nichol son and O. M. Brown. Deputy Capps said the War ACCEPTS POSITION ren men charged with breaking and entering and larceny In Warren have alao been charged with the same offenses In Vance County. Paint Already Bought for Warren County Jail Paint for Warm County Jail has already been bought and a painter engaged with a promise of beginning work as aooa as the weather moderates, Sheriff Clarence A. Davis told the com missioners here Thuraday aa they reviewed the Grand Jury report submitted tt the crimin al tern of Warren County Superior Court. The Grand jury found lack of paint rf the )aU the major complaint In Ita report. I also stated that tUe on the floor Ml front room new front gate la needed, wdM matt re aa covoraMdaoaMblaa keta are alao neeeded. While admlttlag that the ax terior of the jail needs paint ing, Sheriff Oavia differed about other refcommeaditlona of the gr??d Jury. The tlleoatfcefleor U not I Warren County May Place Surcharge On Tank Water Town Board Expresses Hope That Original Plan May Be Carried Out The Warrenton Board of Commissioners Monday night expressed the hope that origin al plans (or establishing a water tank in the industrial part north of Warrenton could be carried out and in that event the county would permit the tank and the ownership of the water lines to revert to the Town of Warrenton after having been paid for through tax money provided by Cochrane Furni ture Company. After more than three hours of discussion in a five-hour session, the commissioners reached the conclusion that the best Interest of the town would be served by installing the tank at a point near Warrenton Box and Lumber Company as ori ginally planned even though this plan would cost the town an additional $28,000 Instead of the additional $5,000 asked for by Bute Development Company. A minute was adopted by the board in which it was stat ed: "The Board expresses the hope that it could proceed pursuant to the original appli cation approved by the Eco nomic Development Admin istration for water and sewer lines, provided financial ar rangements can be made by the town for an additional $28,000 HARRIS Harris Takes Job With FHA James C. Harris, Jr., 22, of Warrenton has accepted a po sition as assistant supervisor with the Warrenton office of the Farmers Home Administration and began his duties with the federal agency on Monday. Jim Elam, Supervisor, said that the increase of work with the local FHA was responsible for the employment of Harris. Elam said that loans for 26 homes by the FHA in Warren County have been made during the fiscal year and that the 1970-71 goal Is 40 homes. In addition to making long-time loans for bousing, the FHA also makes loans for farms, farm machinery, and other farming Harris, the eon of Mr. and Mrs. J. 0. Harris of Norlina, attended John Graham High School, where he was a star football player, and ?u graduated from North Car olina 8lata University in May, IMS. Since his graduation he has managed Scott Gardner's Farm in the Southern part of the oowtjr, which was raoeotly L Harris la a member of the Farm Bureau and the Warren County junior Chamber of Ooamerce. Ma Is married to the former Miss Mary Catherine Jbyner at Rocky Mount, who l* a teacher at Boyd School. Mr. ami Mrs. Harris are members of ??? for which Bute Development Company had committed Itself through the Warren County Board of Commissioners and provided the county wtll let ownership of the tank and water lines revert to the town after having been paid for through tax money provided by Cochrane Furniture Company." The discussion began when Frank Reams, Industrial Di rector, appeared before the board to discuss the appro priation of an additional $5,000 by the town in order that the tank might be erected on pro perty now owned by Cochrane Furniture Company in view of the fact that sufficient funds are not available to go to the original site. Triggering the long discus sion was a proposal of the coun ty commisslonersthat the coun ty retain possession of the tank and that it be permitted to Im pose a maximum surcharge of 40% of the town rate. The town commissioners are strongly opposed to the county being permitted to make any sur charge on any water supplied to the town's customers. Under the plan submitted by Reams, sewer lines would only be extended to the Cochrane line and a water line extend ed only to the town tank to serve only the Cochrane plant, which raised the question of a federal grant for only one plant. Reams said, however, that the tank Would serve any other In dustry that settled In the Indus trial park. For a number of years the town has been providing water for a large number of custom ers along the Warren Plains and Airport >-oads. Under the ori ginal proposal a water main would have been extended along the Warren Plains road to the water tank near the Davis property and, hope fully to the Fertilizer Plant across from the old cemetery. This would not only have provided water for any fac tories that might settle In the park, but would provide better service for present and future water customers in the area and better fire protection for factories already located In the area. Under the plan sub mitted by Reams, none of these advantages would accrue to the town. Since the site of the Coch rane plant Is outside the town limits the town would re coup none of Its expenditures from taxes on the plant. Since (he plant would not be a large user of water, the question ?u raised as to how the town could legally justify the expenditure of an additional $5,000 as a neces sary expenditure. This objection was met by a suggestion of Commissioner Aaron Allen that the town limits be extended to take in all the manufacturing property in the industri.-U park, including Coch rane Furniture Company, en abling the town to finance the entire operation. He was sup ported in this view by Com missioner Eddie Clayton, with no commissioner openly op posing this view. Allen said that he feels that the town can at least ascertain whether or not Cochrane would have any objection to being taken into town. All the commissioners ex pressed the view that Cochrane would help the town and that the plant would be a fine ad dition to the town, and in view of this, little objection was rais ed to the proposal for an ad ditional $5,000 appropriation. The objection came to the proposed surcharge and failure of the plan to help the town with its water plant program. Mayor Miles suggested that a return to the original plan might well be the best solution to the problem. The commissioners were in full agreement. Board Says Dumping Of Hetal At Town Dump Must Be Ended Citizens of the town and coun ty must stop dumpingnon-com bustible materials such as old refrigerators, alr-condltlon ers, washing machines, and other metal materials In War renton's trash dump or the town will place a gate at the en trance to the dump barring the public from using the dump. This was the decision of the town board on Monday night after Street Commissioners Major Pope Powell told the commissioners of conditions existing at the dump and the problem caused by dumping of material there that can not be burned. Big Press Run The press run of The War ren Record this week Is 3600. This Is the greatest number of newspapers printed by this newspaper in a single edition In the more than 70 years of Its existence. Board Says It Has No Funds For Office Space A request that the County of Warren provide additional space In the Taylor Bull dine for the Farmers Home Adminis tration was denied by the com missioners here Thursday on the grounds that no tmti* are available (or this purpose. Making the request was James C. Elam, local s^er Visor of FHA, who told the com missioners that the FHA had al James C. Harris, Jr., a of Warren County, had been lam aald that office is needed for Harris aad that it coatd be obtained in the Taylor Bulldlnc, where hla office Is located, tor $60 a month. Chairman ASMS L. said that he toels thi m&lnder of this fiscal year. Capps explained that In trying to bold the tax rat* to fl.SO oa the $100 valuation that tha board may have figured too doMly In some Instances and that no finds are available for unexpected demands. Elam said that Harris would begin work on ?wl that lor a couple of he could provide apace for him la his pre seat office. - Tha addition of Harris to his staff shotfld permit tha FRAto Increase Its loaaa for hf ? Privilege Only Being Requested Warren County reserves the right to make a maximum sur charge of 40% on water obtain ed from a water tank to-be erected on an industrial site north of Warrenton, $85,000 of the cost of which ir to be fur nished by the county under a lease-purchase agreement. This was decided on Thursday afternoon by the county com missioners following a con sultation between County At torney Jim Limer and Frank Banzet, attorney for Bute De velopment Company and Selby Benton, president of Bute De velopment company. Banzet and Benton had requested that the maximum surcharge be 25% when Llmer had insisted that the county be given the privilege of making a surcharge should it so desire. Following the consultation, Llmer told the commissioners that a 25% maximum surcharge had been suggested, but that they could make the charge anything they wished. He said that he Insisted that the county, which would own the tank, should pro tect its Interest by placing In the lease the privilege of mak ing a surcharge. He pointed out that since the lease would probably run for 10 or 12 years the county might find itself in naed of this privilege. Llmer said, "I am not telling the commissioners how much this surcharge should be, but if I did not insist upon the board's reserving the privilege of making a surcharge I would be derelict in my duty as your attorney." Following a discussion when it was suggested "to be on the safe side," a 40% surcharge should be permitted as the maximum, and that this did not mean that the maximum would be used, or that any surcharge would be made In the near fu ture, the board ordered the 40% maximum. The motion to make the maximum surcharge 40% of the town's rate was made by Commissioner Alfred El lington, seconded by Commis sioner Robert Thorne and u nanimously passed. Earlier In the day Frank Reams, Industrial Director, and Selby Benton, Bute president, had appeared before the board (jSee WATER, page 8) ggfp?' |I| Speed AflROiRces None ??
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